Humanities 060 - People & Their World » Fall 2021 » Chapter 34 Quiz

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Question #1
World War I
A.   was a war of attrition that had no justified reason for occurring nor clear winners.
B.   did not involve the United States of America.
C.   none of the answers
D.   is mislabeled for it was a small short war.
Question #2
What does Owens call “The old lie” in his poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est”?
A.   none of the answers
B.   in death there is honor.
C.   war makes cowards of us all.
D.   Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori… It is fitting and proper to die for one’s country.
Question #3
T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Wasteland” presents
A.   the themes of loss and a hope for redemption.
B.   the death of Western civilization as evidenced by The Great War.
C.   All of the answers are correct.
D.   a poem structured like a collection of individual poems
Question #4
The art of George Grosz
A.   applauds the German military and its government.
B.   none of the answers
C.   is an imaginative blend of social criticism and social satire through caricatures.
D.   glorifies the trench warfare that World War I consisted of.
Question #5
The Great Depression
A.   is a time period when a large portion of the world was diagnosed with depression by Sigmund Freud.
B.   none of the answers
C.   inspired literary and visual art that described economic oppression and misery.
D.   created a movement of art that focused on an alternate utopian reality.
Question #6
Diego Rivera is known for
A.   none of the answers
B.   murals that capture the vitality and futility of the Mexican Revolution that involved the active participation of peasants and urban workers.
C.   paintings that glorify the elite of Mexican society.
D.   art that is abstract and aloof.
Question #7
Heller’s novel Catch 22
A.   demonstrates the benefits of the massive war effort created for WWII.
B.   is a clear example of the use of gallow’s humor in the service of satire.
C.   none of the answers
D.   details WWII in the same epic and heroic fashion of the Greek classics.
Question #8
Wiesel’s memoir Night
A.   is an epic poem that was written as a response to T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Wasteland.”
B.   is a surrealistic retelling of one man’s dreams.
C.   depicts his terrifying experiences as Jew in Nazi Germany.
D.   none of the answers
Question #9
Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica
A.   All of the answers are correct.
B.   is a political response to the tragedy that occurred in the small pueblo of Guernica, Spain perpetrated by the German air force on behalf of the Fascist dictator Franco.
C.   distills the imagery and language that he created with cubism to place a spotlight on the barbarism of modern warfare.
D.   captures the grim brutality and suffering of the wartime era during the Spanish Civil War.
Question #10
Leni Riefenstahl was a talented German filmmaker
A.   who used her talents in the service of German propaganda.
B.   All of the answers are correct.
C.   created film images that are still widely and commonly used today in films about heroes and in televised sports programs.
D.   was a woman

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